Snow was dirty

“I love reading Simenon. It reminds me of Chekhov.”

-WILLIAM FAULKNER-

One of the greatest masters of detective fiction, Georges Simenon's 1948 novel It Was Dirty Snow, which is among the masterpieces of 20th century literature, tells the story of 19-year-old Frank Friedmaier, who is trying to survive in occupied France during World War II, his encounter with crime, his loneliness and discovery. depicts his inner world.

Frank, whose mother is a brothel manager, is a cold-blooded young man. Frank, who is involved in a series of crimes throughout the gloomy and seemingly endless winter, gets bogged down in a road of no return, including black market, blackmail, theft, and finds himself in an organized incident connected with the occupying German soldiers. Interrogations in prison turn into mind games, a test of the endurance of the mind and body. Through his anti-hero Frank, who gradually reaches his limits, Simenon holds a mirror to the mind of a guilty person drifting towards destruction, his existential concerns and war.

“One of the extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century.”

-John Banville-

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Editor: Didem Ünal
Cover: Emir Tali

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 13.5 x 19.5

First Print Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Number of Pages: 265

Media Type: Paperback